The Crossfire: A Spy Fiction Novel of Dangerous Loyalties

The ancient cobblestones of Damascus gleamed wet under the amber streetlights as Agent Marcus Kane stepped from the shadows of the Umayyad Mosque. His breath formed small clouds in the November air, and he pulled his wool coat tighter against the Syrian winter. Three weeks of surveillance had led to this moment, and every instinct screamed that tonight would either vindicate his mission or end his career.

Kane had been tracking Viktor Petrov, a former KGB operative turned arms dealer, through the labyrinthine networks of the Middle Eastern black market. Intelligence suggested Petrov was brokering a deal that could destabilize the entire region, involving stolen NATO weapons systems and a mysterious buyer with connections to several terrorist organizations. The trail had gone cold in Beirut, then surfaced again in Aleppo, before finally leading here to the heart of old Damascus.